@@TL2354 I will have to agree with you wholehearedly about that. Did you notice that he doesn't know how to write properly? He has a misspelled word and no proofreading of his comments will talk ill about him.
I still watch reruns. It all started on Nick at Nite. I was not alive for those 11 years, but honestly, it is cool to still be a fan of the show. Legacy of Happy Days will live forever and ever.
It's hard to believe how time went by so damn quick. I miss those days so much. Even with all the technology we have today. Things that we couldn't even dream of back then. I'd still go back in a heartbeat. Much simpler times.
One of the classier ends to a show I can remember.. never forget how moved I was by it back in my teen years when I first watched it. I watched a solid 3-4 years on repeats and grew invested.. to see the end so classy and happy made for a nice way to end my marathon. Need to re-watch these shows again.
Tom Bosley seemed like such a sweet, gentle man. I grew up watching Happy Days and still love it just as much today as I did back when I was a child/teen. R.I.P Tom and Erin.
Sitting on the couch as a kid watching this with my parent's were the best times. Back when you could watch TV with your parents and not feel uncomfortable. Miss those days
We will never have tv like this again. I loved this show. Brings back so many wonderful memories growing up watching this show. Everyone on Happy Days was awesome!
Agreed. The chemistry of the cast, clean language, family show, values, ethics, even the music. Yep, tv will NEVER be like this again. If you want to see good shows, you have to go back at least 30-35 years.
Chuck went on to Death Wish III with Charles Bronson. He was definitely miscast for Happy Days, far too menacing like his father who was the villian in Halloween III.
The song memories is timeless. I just watched the final episode of Barney Miller on my dvr, it kinda gave me a chill, and a sad feeling inside, to see such fond things in life and such good memories, fade away. So many are gone now, from both shows. We all grew old. Not realizing how different life would become. So different from those simpler times. Sometimes I wish I could hit rewind and go back to those day's, and just hit pause for awhile. I miss them ..
5 unaired episodes aired that summer but this was the end in chronological order. May 8, 1984. I cried that night. My favorite show was over. This still brings a tear. RIP TOM, AL, PAT & ERIN.
Were they filmed prior to this or after? (I was only 4 then so...) Like in those eps were Joanie & Chachi still not married yet or were they? Also, what's funny is I originally heard this show went off the air in 1986. Winkler said it once, and even my mom said it.) But everything I read says '84. So is it '84?
I wonder if she were alive today, would she have played the wife in See Dad Run? It could have been a play on Joanie and Chachi after they got married.
@@JayTheAdviceGuy The show last aired in September 1984. The show was pulled midseason due to declining ratings and 1984 winter Olympics 4 unaired episodes were burned off during the summer and one final episode aired in syndication in September 1984 that didn't air on ABC
I enjoyed watching that show. I could tell that Mr. Cunningham was trying to hold back tears. That was a great way to end the series of a great show. I also enjoyed the music and song memories. The clips were great. Still a great 1950' s show.
Weird, eh! Strange he wasn’t even occasionally mentioned (eg what he was up to) in the odd episode. If I’ve got it right, 2 actors played ‘Chuck’ and both appeared on the reunion show .
Never saw this as I stopped watching around 1979 because I lost interest. Was finishing my second year of high school when the series finale aired. This made think back to when my grandparents were still alive and my parents were younger and I didn't have a care in the world. As we get older, these montages make us reflect on life...and with so much time gone by with love lost and love gained...I can only smile with tears in my eyes.
I stopped watching Happy Days after the show jumped the shark in 1978. I only caught the final episode when it was re-run in the summer of 1984. To me, Happy Days was at its best from 1974-77. Still, this is a wonderful final scene. A nice way to end the series.
I thought the exact same thing. I was in 6th grade during the whole Fonzie jumps his motorcycle at Arnold's thing... It was a really big deal at the time
In fact that was so bad that "jumped the shark" made its way into the lexicon as meaning a desperate attempt to reignite something that used to be good. But I agree, the first 3 or 4 seasons were the best.
This last episode always makes me cry no matter how many times I watch it. When Howard makes his toast, he could not have put it in a more perfect way to not only some up the show but as the viewers, we were truly a part of their family. So it was a toast to happy daze.
Victoria Ferrarini i enjoyed this show as a kid, but not so much after Richie and Ralph left and the old Arnolds burnt down. I never cared much for Roger because i dont think he did much for the show.
This scene brought tears to my eyes because it was touching. As most of us have said, why can’t contemporary TV shows be like this today? Watching situation comedies now are so bland.
Wasn't long after 1984 that I stopped watching network television. We were lucky to have such good entertainment in the 70s and 80s. I miss sitting with my whole family every night watching our favorite shows. Families don't have that anymore.
These memories are part of my life, with my family, my dad who passed away a few days ago, my granpas, my sweet brother a life toghether watching this serial... ❤
Hands down one of the most beautiful finale moments I've seen. I myself even wrote a fanfiction I worked on for about 8 years, taking place 4 years after the finale timeline, also involving another wedding. Not to promote my own writing but I have no doubt had that been used, it probably would have been the "sitcom wedding of the century".
what sad about the ending was no donny most and anson williams -- they should have been there -- memories by elvis was a perfect fit to end the show as the show had run its course and probably could have ended a year earlier -- R I P TOM, Erin, Al and Pat -- gone but never forgotten
Anson and Donny should have DEFINITELY been a part of this last episode. Even if their parts weren't big. But fortunately, they were BOTH a part of the 2005 reunion, ALONG with two "Chucks" from Season 1. (And I wanna even say Pat Morita was there too, briefly.) So it all (eventually) ended up working out.
There's been plenty of great TV over the last era of television. Sorry you have missed it. As for Happy Days, it ran about 4-5 seasons too long. It was a fantastic show for a while but seasons 7-11 are borderline unwatchable.
I don't believe the show ever became "unwatchable." Seasons 7 and 8 are terrific. Season 9 was okay, and season 10 was definitely the weakest the show ever put out. Season 11 was a solid ending to what was a great show. In fact, I'm one of the fans who thinks that the show became elevated into its brilliance only after they transitioned to filming in front of a live audience. You need that chemistry between actor and viewer in order for things to work. For me, the first season and a half or so were okay. At the best, they were harmless, sort-of muddled television. At their worst, they were boring, bland, and, to quote you, "borderline unwatchable." But when they went in front of a live audience, the show turned from a run-of-the-mill sitcom into something truly outstanding. You know, I'm only 24, but I grew up watching I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith, and this. Those are the three greatest sitcoms of all time, period. (Don't @ me, M.A.S.H. fans.)
As I look back through this show, I feel I see many moments from my own life. I grew up watching this show. RIP Erin Moran & Tom Bosley. I just lost my brother who was only 57. Life can be so cruel! TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
Yes the show started to tank imo when it became all about Fonzie, and that was still BEFORE Ron Howard left. And did you notice that the theme song was completely rerecorded for the last season? It was better when Richie was the main focus, and The Fonz was a supporting player.
E Stew i agree, i never understood how Anson Williams could be a regular for 10 seasons in virtually every episode and not be in the series finale at Joanie and Chachis wedding. He was one of Richies best friends.
I’m surprised he didn’t leave sooner. His character after Richie and Ralph left was hard to watch. Potsie turned from a Eddie Haskell type to a total idiot. Same with Buddy Lembeck on Charles In Charge.
One of the best tv shows in the history of tv, there will never be another show like happy days in a thousand yrs. It is hands down a show every generation needs to be intro too
Great series! My favorite years were the first 2 when they filmed/taped on location. One thing I didn't understand was how the writers deleted Chuck. The Cunningham's had 3 children. Can't forget that.
"Both of our children are married now." What about Chuck? I guess Victoria Principal was on this show, too, found Fonzie in the shower, and realized it was all a dream!
@@kevinpyne5808 Chuck Cunningham DID exist on Happy Days. I say that Chuck Cunningham disappeared from Happy Days with no explanation and other viewers of Happy Days say that Chuck Cunningham was RETCONNED . I say that Chuck Cunningham was NOT RETCONNED which means that the writers changed the scripts So that Howard and Marion Cunningham only had two children and that Chuck Cunningham no longer existed on Happy Days but Chuck Cunningham did exist on Happy Days . The writers made a MISTAKE in the Happy Days script when they wrote that Howard and Marion had the joy of raising "Two Wonderful kids" instead of saying 3 WONDERFUL KIDS(CHUCK and Richie and Joanie). Chuck Cunningham was played by Two Actors : Gavan O Herlihy and Randolph Roberts.
Grew up watching happy days along with many others but who don't love the good ole days when tv was good loved all of them on happy days never had a favorite yes I cried when this was the final episode 😢😢💟💟💟
I really loved this show! I never knew that it lasted for so many years, since I left the country. I just saw that in 1984 was their finally. Grateful for RU-vid for having this.
I remember watching this final episode when it originally aired in 1984. I was 15 years old. Despite having "jumped the shark" years earlier, and despite the fact that i couldnt stand many episodes from its last few seasons, i still watched it. And this last scene in the last episode, particularly howards toast and the song "Memories" during a few flashback clips, made up for the bad episodes, in my opinion. As joanie and chachi cut the cake and the scene freeze framed and the end credits began, i thought to myself, "That's it. No more Happy Days." And i knew right then and there that i was going to miss Happy Days from then on. Sure enough, 35 years later, i still do.
For me, the series ended after the second season. After that, they made Fonzie into a cartoonish super hero, and the show lost all its appeal. Those first two seasons were also done in a studio and shot on film -- NOT before a live audience -- which gave the show a warm nostalgic feel.
Happy Days was ruined in the later seasons. The stuff with Jonnie and Chuchie just didn't make the grade. Happy Days was never the same after Richie left and everyone grew up.
Just finished watching all 11 seasons of this fine show again, as they were re-aired on ME tv. This episode was sad to watch, knowing it was all over for me, one more time. I will keep it on my PVR, and revisit it again, and again. Great show, one of the best ever.
with Elvis singing memories and watching the clip at the end of episodes gone by brings a tear to my eyes ,growing up watching this when i was young and now much older i reflect on my younger days and how live to me seamed much better than now days
Revival idea: Pat Morita's daughter owns arnold's. Her teen daughter's name is Rikki, her best friend is white, named Heather. Their nerdy friend is chinese, named Pam. Their older, "cool" friend is Mitsui, who was a teen J pop star in Japan in the 90s, now moved to Milwaukee to try to become famous in the usa, with hilarious results. Show is set in the 2000s, with myspace, w bush references, etc. Legacy characters appear when they can. Fonsie and Mitsui do not get along, and no one believes Mr Fonsarelli, the retired schoolteacher, used to be be cool
That's how you end a wonderful TV series. I was a kid watching this with my whole family and we were all sad. Now a days you have tv series that either drag on too long or they ruin it with the final episode.
I just wrote a huge comment, so I won’t do that again, but thinking about Erin Moran’s fairly recent death, and knowing how Happy Days ended, with her wedding to Chachi, and how “Joanie Loves Chachi” Was an utter disaster, makes Me sad… it’s just “life”, but it puts the whole thing into some kind of sad perspective, how much hope and fear she must have had when HD was ending and she (and Scott Baio) were expected to carry Joanie Loves Chachi, and the HOPE Expressed when Howard says Simply, “To Happy Days”…Erin Moran WAS Joanie to me…anyway, nothing TOO heavy, just thinking of that little irony… RIP Ms Moran… The first clip in the montage is Fonzie eating dinner with The Cunninghams, and Joanie/Erin still a grade-schooler. To think of her in ‘Haunted’, dressed up for Halloween 🎃 but still needing to A) Be taken on “her rounds” by her mother and, B) Mrs. C making her wear her coat over her costume, because it was chilly lol… still makes me smile 😊 (Sniff)
I was young and grew up with them ..... Those really WERE the HAPPY DAYS !!! Thanks for the good times , in my heart forever ..... Tears me up every time !!! ( Shame that Richie's older brother was no longer part of the show ! ) ..... But a lovely ending ... Mr . Cunningham thanked the audience in his speech ..... 👍❤💖❤💖❤💖❤ I'll never forget any of you !!! Helen ...... 💖💖❤💖❤💖❤💖❤
I will never forget the following Happy Days Cast Members who All Vanished Into Thin Air : Bag Zombroski: Neil J SCHWARTZ Chuck Cunningham 1 Gavan O'Herlihy Chuck Cunningham 2 Randolph Roberts Moose : Barry Greenberg Eugene Belvin:Denis Mandel Melvin Belvin:Scott Bernstein Spike : Danny Butch Daphne Hillary Horan Marsha Simms Beatrice Colen Wendy MISTY ROWE
Watched this again last night for what seems like the thousandth time, and although I realize The series went on far too long, (being a huge ratings-winner when HD was at its popular peak, I’m sure ABC wanted it to go on forever at one point) when Howard breaks the fourth wall, thanks us for being part of the Happy Days family, and says “To happy days”…chokes me up every single time… Looking back (I’m 52), I recall when Happy Days was going strong - one of my earliest memories is of watching the ‘Fearless Fonzarelli’ two-parter when it was first aired in 1975 - and I also remember the last few seasons, and although the “new Arnold’s” pretty much wiped out any remaining decor that would recall the fifties/early sixties, I was still invested in what would happen to these characters… I Know it was only a sitcom, but HD was on so long, had episodes that dealt with Life, that it “earned” a lot of the pathos that came in watching the flashback montage in the finale… At 52, it’s obvious that the 10-years HD was on the air isn’t a long time, but being the ages I was when HD was still on air, 10 years seemed like forever, a lifetime, and also taking into account how the show “changed” more than once (S2 into S3 and the switch from 1-camera to multiple cameras and a laugh track; the focus switched from all-Richie with The fonz as sidekick to Fonzie becoming a more-rounded and central character; Richie leaving after s7 and the New Arnold’s; finally the focus on Joanie/Chachi), even now it can seem as if Happy Days was on forever, but that is just because my relation to time was completely different…knowing all this doesn’t make me any less nostalgic for this TV show that really seems like it got me through important parts of childhood/adolescence… I know HD isn’t any work of Art or anything, but for all the laughing and mocking that gets done these days about the show, from people who don’t really understand, Happy Days, for what it’s worth, and for all it’s flaws, was a pretty important part of my life, and I expect it will always be…that’s a part of me I’d like to hang onto. p.s. My stepfather, who’d never struck me as a sentimental person, when Ricky Nelson got killed in the 80s, I remember him saying, “Little Ricky is DEAD?!?”… I just wanted to add this comment to demonstrate the impact these things from our childhoods can have in our adult lives… and, somewhat ironically, He was recalling the Ricky Nelson of Ozzie & Harriet, while I am recalling a show that wanted to recall those “same” days… Anyway - and it may have been just for that moment - my stepfather was sad, possibly feeling how I feel about Happy Days and the way the passage of time makes us nostalgic for “simpler” times (just an impression, we humans deal the way we deal, and we remember things as being better than they truly were, but that doesn’t make those remembrances illegitimate or anything like that, because it’s not only - or even mostly - just the “times”, it’s the PEOPLE We remember, and Happy Days was character-based, a show about Growing as much as anything else, the adventures of Richie and The fonz sometimes can seem like a superhero story, I like to think that the “superhuman” feats The Fonz performed were just the way he was perceived by those who held him in awe/friendship. And as much as Fonz helped Richie “grow up”, Richie helped The Fonz see the world in a way he’d have never found without Richie, and for all the mocking, that’s a beautiful thing…anyway, I just wanted to note a bit about the effect television 📺 has had on the generations that came after it’s invention. And I know that the effect that The death of Ricky Nelson had on my stepfather, and what Ozzie & Harriet had on a generation of kids in the fifties, Happy Days has done - still does - for, and to, me. p.s.s. The way Howard says “to happy days”, he didn’t say it like it was the title of the show he was eulogizing, he says it like he’s not just praising the “happy days” of the 11 seasons of the television series, but toasting the Happy Days to come… (I try to keep/remember the perspective that the Cunningham Family (or any fictional characters/groups/times) didn’t “begin” in 1974 and “end” in 1984, the family was going strong before we peeked in on them in ‘All The Way’ (S1E1), and they weren’t going into cold-storage when we leave them after the end of Passages… I find it so interesting, the way that Happy Days evolved over the seasons, as the “Pilot” (Love And The Happy Days, an ep of the anthology series “Love, American Style”, has a completely different tone than what came later on when the show was picked up (years later!))…I know the changes between seasons2 and 3 are dramatic, and the tone seems to change, completely, when Fonzie started to become a Featured character, but I was a kid when I was seeing these episodes for the first time, so I was always OK with the “Fonz-centric” Happy Days, but I also think people take their criticism way too seriously, the one thing Happy Days was to me - at all times - was FUN…(if you can’t find ANYTHING redeeming about some Of those later, cheesier episodes, for instance, ‘Fonzie’s Funeral’, then I don’t need to know you lol.)
Written out and never alluded to again. Almost like he never existed to begin with. Im guessing he was unnecessary baggage in the show who never really contributed anything no more than he was actually seen and being played by two different actors at that.
